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- UCAS course code
- QT12
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
BA Linguistics and Japanese
Investigate the science of language and develop skills to thrive in a Japanese-speaking environment.
Duration: 4 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: QT12 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Study abroad
Study with a language
- Typical A-level offer: ABB
- Typical contextual A-level offer: BBC
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: BBC
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 34 points overall with 6,6,5 at HL
Course overview
- Study the unique human faculty of language, investigate world languages and develop transferable skills in quantitative methods.
- Explore issues such as how languages arise, change and die, how children acquire their first language and what happens when speakers of different languages come into contact.
- Gain advanced linguistic skills in Japanese and explore the culture, history and politics of Japan.
- Spend a year in Japan to consolidate your language learning.
- Ranked a UK Top 10 for Linguistics by Complete University Guide 2025.
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
- Telephone
- (+44) (0)161 275 3211
- ug-languages@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk
- School/Faculty overview
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